{"id":9930,"date":"2015-06-30T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=9930"},"modified":"2015-06-24T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T15:50:04","slug":"friends-in-command-excerpt-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/friends-in-command-excerpt-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends in Command \u2014 excerpt 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends in Command (Sons of the Starfarers: Book IV)<\/strong> goes live tomorrow! Yay!<\/p>\n

This is the final excerpt I’m going to post. If you’ve enjoyed it so far, be sure to pre-order it now or pick it up when it goes live. And as always, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

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\u201cHey,\u201d said Mara, putting a hand on his arm. \u201cAt least you were already an officer when they promoted you. How do you think it is for me, commissioned an officer and promoted to lieutenant commander all in one go?\u201d<\/p>\n

Aaron\u2019s smile returned, though subdued. \u201cYes, well, when they asked who I wanted as my executive officer, there was never any question. Besides, it shouldn\u2019t be too much different from what you\u2019ve done taking over for Lieutenant Castor over in the platoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mara smiled. \u201cThank you, Aaron.\u201d You have a lot more confidence in me than I have in myself.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t mention it. Here, let me show you our new ship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Merope-7 was a short tram ride away. Designed by a Tajji shipwright and built in the shipyards of New Sirius three light-years from Tajjur itself, she measured two hundred meters from bow to stern\u2014only a tenth of the length of the captured Imperial battleship GIS Starfire<\/em>. Still, as they admired her through the windows of the docking node, Mara had to admit that she cut an impressive sight.<\/p>\n

Her hull was long and smooth, widening near the middle and tapering toward the front where the guns were placed. The only breaks in the hull were the bridge, protruding from the topside just in front of the airlock, and a row of narrow portholes running lengthwise on either side. The wings were angled forward, ending in the massive engine nacelles. Put together, both nacelles were almost the size of the whole ship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsn\u2019t she gorgeous?\u201d said Aaron, a boyish grin plastered across his face. There wasn\u2019t any gravity in the docking arm, so he gripped the railing with one foot hooked under a hand-hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s go,\u201d said Mara.<\/p>\n

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Friends in Command<\/h1>\r\n\t\t
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The future of the Outworlds now lies in uncertain hands.<\/h2>\t\t\t
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The Imperials are back, and this time, a ragtag flotilla isn't going to stop them. But they aren't the only enemies of the new Outworld Confederacy. Together, Aaron and Mara must face a threat from within.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n

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The future of the Outworlds now lies in uncertain hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The war for the Outworlds is on. The Imperials may have lost the first round, but they’re back\u2014and this time, a ragtag flotilla isn’t going to stop them.<\/p>\n

When Aaron recieves a captain’s commission in the new Outworld Confederacy, Mara is his natural choice for second in command. But Mara never expected to live past the first few battles. She only joined the resistance to avenge her father, and fears the monster she’s starting to become. The only thing she has left to live for now is her friends.<\/p>\n

The Imperials aren’t the only enemy in this war, though. The friends must face a threat from within in<\/p>\n

SONS OF THE STARFARERS<\/strong>
\nBOOK IV: FRIENDS IN COMMAND<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\r\n

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\r\n\t\t\tAuthor:<\/span> Joe Vasicek<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\tSeries:<\/span> Sons of the Starfarers<\/a>, Book 4<\/span>
\t\t\tGenres:<\/span> Science Fiction<\/a>, Space Opera<\/a><\/span>
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\t\t\t\t\t\tPublication Year:<\/span> July 2015<\/span>
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Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\t

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Other Books in the \"Sons of the Starfarers\"<\/div>
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Brothers in Exile<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Comrades in Hope<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Strangers in Flight<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Captives in Obscurity<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Patriots in Retreat<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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A Queen in Hiding<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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An Empire in Disarray<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Victors in Liberty<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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The Complete Sons of the Starfarers<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Friends in Command (Sons of the Starfarers: Book IV) goes live tomorrow! Yay! This is the final excerpt I’m going to post. If you’ve enjoyed it so far, be sure to pre-order it now or pick it up when it goes live. And as always, thanks for reading! ========== \u201cHey,\u201d said Mara, putting a hand… Continue reading Friends in Command \u2014 excerpt 9<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[957,855],"tags":[474],"class_list":["post-9930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssf-iv","category-ssf","tag-excerpts","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-2Aa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9930"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9934,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9930\/revisions\/9934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}